::THE SLICE REPORT WITH MONA AUSTIN

buzzz worthy. . . Los Angeles, CA (January, 2015) —  Curt Anderson has released his new studio album  Every Moment  on Dream Records. Over the last month, Curt released new songs every week as part of an extensive pre-order campaign on iTunes leading up to the release including "Love Like You Love", "All of Me (featuring KJ-52)" and his debut radio single, "Keep It Beating" which is currently New & Active on the Billboard Hot AC / CHR chart.  You can pick up  Every Moment  on CD with a T-shirt, digital download or streaming or you can also text "Curt" to 51555 to receive the download link Here's the official track list:   1. Keep it Beating 2. Love is Rising 3. Love Like You Love 4. When it Hurts 5. Lights 6. Every Moment 7. Live for More 8. I Won't Run 9. All of Me (feat. KJ-52) 10. For Us 11. Beautiful Life 12. Holy   For more information about Curt Anderson...

buzzz worthy. . . By Mona Austin The Academy Awards is no stranger to controversy over its lack of racial diversity.  Last year the sparse number of Blacks among Oscar nominees sparked protest and a social media firestorm, spawning the hashtag #oscarssowhite.  This year the absence of color is worse.  The over 5,000  member voting body  (which is 95% White and 77% male) selected the  palest Oscar list of nominees list in the last nearly three decades of cinema, recognizing no people of color in the major categories, despite the slate of critically acclaimed films featuring Blacks. Backlash over the white dominated awards has mounted since the nominees were announced in 24 categories in Hollywood Thursday morning by  Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs, Guillermo del Toro, John Krasinski and Ang Lee.  Boone Isaacs, the first African American President of the Academy who has held the position for the last 3 years, said she is addressing the...

buzzz worthy. . . 10:14 A.M. CST        THE PRESIDENT:  Hello, Louisiana!  (Applause.)  Hello, Baton Rouge!  Geaux Tigers!  (Applause.)  For those of you who are not aware, that’s “geaux” with an “x.”  I got it.        Can everybody give Che a big round of applause?  (Applause.)  We could not be more proud of her.  I was backstage -- I asked her, “Are you nervous?”  She said, no, I got this -- (laughter) -- I’m fine.  That is a serious leader of the future. And we are so proud of her.  And I want to thank everybody at McKinley for hosting us today.         There are a couple of people I want to make sure we acknowledge.  Your Mayor, Kip Holden, is in the house.  (Applause.)  There he is.  We got Congressman Cedric Richmond here -- (applause) -- who’s got a really cute little boy.  (Laughter...